Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-09 Thread Arthur Barstow
On 9/9/11 6:27 AM, ext Olli Pettay wrote: On 09/07/2011 05:09 PM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest priority of our DOM-related specs and they have put considerable resources into that spec

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-09 Thread Olli Pettay
On 09/07/2011 05:09 PM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest priority of our DOM-related specs and they have put considerable resources into that spec. Doug and Jacob will continue to lead that s

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-07 Thread Aryeh Gregor
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest priority of > our DOM-related specs and they have put considerable resources into that > spec. Doug and Jacob will continue to lead that spec effort, and as I > understand it, a C

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-06 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > On 9/5/11 3:34 PM, ext Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> >> We should make these kinds of >> decisions *solely* on technical grounds. > > Well surely making decisions on technical grounds is important. However, it > seems a bit simplistic to consider

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-06 Thread Arthur Barstow
On 9/5/11 3:34 PM, ext Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: We should make these kinds of decisions *solely* on technical grounds. Well surely making decisions on technical grounds is important. However, it seems a bit simplistic to consider it the only factor. (I seem to recall some previous decisions were

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-05 Thread Ian Hickson
On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Arthur Barstow > wrote: > > > > Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest > > priority of our DOM-related specs and they have put considerable > > resources into that spec. Doug and Jacob will conti

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-05 Thread Tab Atkins Jr.
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks for the comments and discussion! I finally reviewed all of the > responses and here are my thoughts on moving forward ... > > Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest priority of > our DOM-related spec

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-09-04 Thread Arthur Barstow
Hi All, Thanks for the comments and discussion! I finally reviewed all of the responses and here are my thoughts on moving forward ... Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest priority of our DOM-related specs and they have put considerable resources into that spec. Dou

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-31 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:52:34 +0200, Jonas Sicking wrote: >> >> Is this explicitly mentioned in the spec? Otherwise how will anyone be >> able to take advantage of this fact? > > I guess we could explicitly mention it somewhere. On the o

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-31 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:52:34 +0200, Jonas Sicking wrote: Is this explicitly mentioned in the spec? Otherwise how will anyone be able to take advantage of this fact? I guess we could explicitly mention it somewhere. On the other hand, everything has references and back-references and so far i

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-31 Thread Jonas Sicking
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > I think defining all of these in one specification is fine. Currently the > specification is only 37 pages when printed. That will certainly grow once > we add ranges, examples, and more introductory text, but will also still be > well be

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-31 Thread Anne van Kesteren
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:28:56 +0200, Arthur Barstow wrote: Before we publish a new WD of Anne's DOM spec, I would like comments on how the DOM specs should be organized. In particular: a) whether you prefer the status quo (currently that is DOM Core plus D3E) or if you want various addition

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-11 Thread Aryeh Gregor
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Arthur Barstow wrote: > Before we publish a new WD of Anne's DOM spec, I would like comments on how > the DOM specs should be organized. In particular: a) whether you prefer the > status quo (currently that is DOM Core plus D3E) or if you want various > additional

Re: RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-11 Thread Ms2ger
Hi Art, (CCing some people you apparently forget to CC, but who might have an opinion on this matter, and a stake in the outcome of the discussion.) On 08/11/2011 12:28 PM, Arthur Barstow wrote: [ Topic changed to how to organize the group's DOM specs ... ] Hi Adrian, Anne, Doug, Jacob, All,

RfC: how to organize the DOM specs [Was: CfC: publish new WD of DOM Core]

2011-08-11 Thread Arthur Barstow
[ Topic changed to how to organize the group's DOM specs ... ] Hi Adrian, Anne, Doug, Jacob, All, The WG is chartered to do maintenance on the DOM specs so a question for us is how to organize the DOM specs, in particular, whether Anne's DOM spec should be constrained (or not) to some set of f